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|birthname= Callandra Henderson
|nickname = Cally
|seen= Miniseries
|children= 1; [[Nicholas Tyrol]]
|marital status=Married to [[Galen Tyrol]]
|role=Deckhand, Deck Crew 5, [[Galactica type battlestar|Battlestar]] ''{{RDM|Galactica}}''
|rank=Petty Officer 2nd Class
|actor=[[Nicki Clyne]]
|serial=557067, 205873<ref>This number comes from the serial number on the dogtags auctioned by NBC at the end of filming the series. These tags also read "S. Luman ser. 205873." Clyne herself has mentioned the first few season dogtags were wrong.</ref>
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'''Callandra Henderson Tyrol''', better known by her nickname "'''Cally'''," is a young woman who works as a [[deckhand]] on ''{{RDM|Galactica}}''.

During her tenure on ''Galactica'', she falls in love with her boss, [[Galen Tyrol]]. Despite this, she and fellow deckhand [[Socinus]], cover for Galen Tyrol on various occasions during Galen Tyrol's sexual interludes with [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], until Valerii is revealed as a [[humanoid Cylon]]. After this revelation, and a near death experience on {{RDM|Kobol}}, Henderson's anger and hatred for the Cylons leads her to "kill" Valerii during Valerii's transfer to a newly constructed brig.

Given 30 days in hack for unauthorized discharge of a firearm, she is lauded by her fellow crew members as a hero after her release. After reconciling with Galen Tyrol, their repaired relationship eventually amounts to a romantic one after Tyrol (suffering from suicidal dreams) savagely attacks Henderson after being awakened.

Henderson marries Tyrol, taking on his family name, and both muster out of the Colonial Fleet to settle on [[New Caprica]] in order to raise their son, [[Nicholas Tyrol]]. While on New Caprica, she is a part of the [[Colonial Workers Alliance]], a labor union lead by Galen Tyrol. However, the [[Cylon Occupation Authority|Cylons' occupation]] of New Caprica destroys any dreams she had of a life on New Caprica: she is nearly executed as an [[New Caprica Resistance|"insurgent"]], but is later freed and returns to ''Galactica'' after the [[Second Exodus]].

Life on ''Galactica'', particularly with a child to take care of, causes strife within her marriage to Galen Tyrol. Additionally, she is the driving force into convincing Galen Tyrol to [[Dirty Hands|re-institute the Colonial Workers Alliance]] and press for an illegal strike. Unbeknownst to her, she is nearly executed by [[Marines]] at Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]]'s orders, under the charge that she is a mutineer. Later, despite [[A Day in the Life|an incident]] where she is nearly killed, the Tyrols try to save their marriage and put their family's interests first.

==Background==

Callandra Henderson is a young woman who joined the [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial Fleet]] as a means to pay for dental school {{TRS|Fragged}}. Henderson is not fond of [[FTL]] jumps {{TRS|Miniseries}}, possibly because she suffers nausea during them {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I}}.

Henderson, as well as her boss, Galen Tyrol, seems prone to anger after a terrible event. Unlike Tyrol, Henderson tends to take decisive action as a result of her anger, rather than becoming immobile or overly irrational.

She is particularly adept at finding ways around the lack of replacement parts aboard ''Galactica''. As Tyrol often comments, Henderson's small stature allows her better access to smaller spaces in the {{RDM|Viper}}s and [[Raptor]]s she repairs.

==Character History at a Glance==

*Henderson (who is never called by her surname until Season 4) is a deckhand aboard the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'', working under the supervision of Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] at the time of the battlestar's [[Galactica Museum|scheduled decommissioning]].
*At some point, Henderson is aware of the secret liaisons between Chief Tyrol and [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. She once catches them at the end of one of their get-togethers, and warns Tyrol first that he's going to get caught by [[Saul Tigh|the XO]] if he's not careful, and second that he needs to recognize the difference between who he can and cannot count on. {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}<ref>This is in a flashback scene that only appears in the extended cut of "Daybreak," available on the Season 4.5 DVD and Blu-ray sets. It is unknown at what exact time the scene occurs, before or after the Fall.</ref>
*Henderson is attached to [[Deck Crew 5]] and responsible for [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] and [[Raptor]] maintenance {{TRS|Miniseries}}.
*Henderson survives the initial attacks to ''Galactica'' in the wake of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], but loses many friends, including [[Prosna]], a fellow deckhand, after the battlestar manages fire damage after being struck by a nuclear missile.
*During an ill-fated mission to the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', Henderson is nearly raped by prisoner [[Mason]]. He shoots her after she bites his ear off in defense. Henderson is returned to ''Galactica'''s [[sickbay]] for treatment, where she is given the nickname "Specialist Lazy" in jest by her comrades {{TRS|Bastille Day}}.
*Along with the rest of the deck crew, Henderson lies under oath to protect Chief Tyrol during a tribunal on a Cylon infiltration and attack {{TRS|Litmus}}.
*For the next several weeks, Henderson assists Chief Tyrol in examining the [[You Can't Go Home Again|captured]] Cylon Raider brought aboard ''Galactica'' {{TRS|Six Degrees of Separation}}.
*On a Raptor Scout team bound for {{RDM|Kobol}} {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I}}. Henderson's Raptor is attacked upon emerging from a [[FTL|Jump]], resulting in a crash on Kobol. As one of the few that was relatively unhurt, Henderson later returns to the crash site with Chief Tyrol and [[Tarn]], and barely makes it back alive with a forgotten [[medkit]] for [[Socinus]] {{TRS|Scattered}}. However, the recovered medkit is too late to save Socinus, which greatly saddens Henderson {{TRS|Valley of Darkness}}.
*{{callsign|Crashdown}} gives Henderson an assuredly suicidal order as part of his attack to disable a Cylon anti-missile battery that threatens their expected [[SAR]] rescue. Henderson is so terrified that she freezes in place. Losing control, Crashdown threatens to shoot her if she does not obey. Just before Crashdown shoots Henderson, Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] shoots him in the back, killing Crashdown instantly.
*[[Diana Seelix|Seelix]] is shot in their retreat, but Henderson saves her life by carrying her further ahead. A rescue team of Raptors arrives, and Henderson returns to ''Galactica'' with the survivors {{TRS|Fragged}}.
*Henderson's anger transfers to [[Gaius Baltar]] when [[Galen Tyrol|the Chief]] is arrested and accused of being a Cylon himself due to his past relationship with Boomer, and threatens to reveal Baltar's part in Crashdown's death if Baltar does not act to clear Tyrol's name.
*Outraged by Tyrol's plight, Henderson shoots and kills Boomer {{TRS|Resistance (episode)}}. Henderson is imprisoned in the [[brig]] but, at Tyrol's request, Commander Adama gives her a lenient sentence of 30 days for "discharging a firearm without permission" {{TRS|The Farm}}.
[[image:Flight_of_the_phoenix-Welcome_Back.jpg|thumb|right|Various crew members throw a party for Henderson's return to normal service.]]
*Released from the brig, the deck crews give Henderson a welcome back party. Chief Tyrol is still upset with her for killing Boomer, although Henderson is grateful to the Chief for putting in a good word for her with Adama.
*She aids Tyrol in the construction of the [[Blackbird]]. By the time they finish construction, Tyrol reconciles with her {{TRS|Flight of the Phoenix}}.
*Henderson is disgusted when several drunken ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' crewmen brag about repeatedly raping the captured [[humanoid Cylon]] known as [[Gina Inviere]], a reaction probably made stronger for her because Henderson herself survived an [[Bastille Day|attempted rape]].
*Henderson pleads with [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] to do something about the incident where Chief Tyrol and {{callsign|Helo}} are arrested by ''Pegasus'' command for the death of an officer that attempted to rape [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Sharon]] {{TRS|Pegasus (episode)}}.
*After Commander Adama visits the hangar deck to confer with [[Laird]] on the status of the preparations for the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|planned attack]], Adama takes Henderson aside and questions her about Laird. Henderson reveals Laird's origins that enforce Adama's increasing suspicions about ''Pegasus'' commander, Admiral [[Helena Cain]].
*Henderson and Chief Tyrol later discover sabotaged Viper ammo by the Cylon-sympathizer [[Demand Peace]] movement {{TRS|Epiphanies}} as well as a storage crate with a [[Rya Kibby|stowaway]] inside {{TRS|The Captain's Hand}}.
*Henderson wakes a sleeping Chief Tyrol up while he was in the midst of a suicidal nightmare. The delusional Tyrol gives Henderson a savage beating, quickly pummeling her into a bloody mess and knocking her unconscious. After a moment, Tyrol comes to his senses, shocked by what he had just done, and takes Henderson to sickbay, carrying her in his arms {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I}}.
*Henderson's jaw is wired shut to heal, but she forgives Tyrol and says she always cared about him. Interestingly, her feelings for Tyrol were apparently known to [[Cavil]] prior to his exposure as a humanoid Cylon {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I}}.

==On New Caprica==
[[File:Cally UnfinBusiness.JPG|thumb|Henderson on New Caprica before becoming obviously pregnant {{TRS|Unfinished Business}}.]]
A year later on [[New Caprica]], Henderson is married to Tyrol (taking his surname) and is pregnant {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}. Her son, [[Nicholas Tyrol|Nicholas]] (named after her grandfather), is born and lives with her and her husband as of the 67th day of the New Caprica occupation by the Cylons {{TRS|The Resistance, Episode 1}}. Knowing her husband's test of faith after discovering that Brother [[Cavil]] was a humanoid Cylon, Tyrol is pleased for plans of a [[dedication ceremony]] for her new son {{TRS|The Resistance, Episode 4}}.

Following suicide attacks by the insurgency led in part by her husband, Cally Tyrol is picked up by members of the [[New Caprica Police]] in a night-time raid. [[James Lyman|James "Jammer" Lyman]], in his role with the NCP, discovers that she has been earmarked for execution, and asks [[Sharon Valerii]] to save her life. Valerii remarks that she does not know what she can do, as internal security is under the proviso of a different ministry. Henderson angrily tells Valerii to "go away and leave us alone" if she can't help her {{TRS|Precipice}}.

Lyman later cuts her bonds and allows her to escape from the detention group slated for execution in a remote location. Chief Tyrol, arriving with a resistance sniper team, pushes his running wife out of the resistance's line of fire as they destroy the [[Cylon Centurion]] firing squad. She and her son hide in the resistance's underground bunker {{TRS|Exodus, Part I}}.

==After New Caprica==

Cally Tyrol and her family are [[Second Exodus|evacuated]] along with most of the human population of [[New Caprica]]. She is next seen resting on a bunk with her son in a room overcrowded with refugees. Her husband visits her after he and the [[Circle]] secretly execute [[James Lyman]] for having collaborated with the Cylons. Before his death, Lyman tells Galen that he saved his wife on the planet. When Galen inquires as to how she escaped the execution and if anyone helped her, she replies that [[New Caprica Police|"one of these goons"]] set her free. She asks her husband how he knows about that, apparently unaware of his role in the Circle {{TRS|Collaborators}}. Later she is working alongside Chief Tyrol on the hangar deck again. It is unknown specifically who babysits their son Nicholas when both parents are working {{TRS|Torn}}, but formal daycare arrangements seems to have been established for families with dependent children {{TRS|A Day In The Life}} that the Tyrols use.

Tyrol attends the ship-wide boxing match with her husband and son and watches from the sidelines as her husband fights and defeats Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] {{TRS|Unfinished Business}}. She recovers from [[w:Decompression sickness|decompression sickness]] injuries sustained in an explosive decompression incident while being rescued from a depressurizing airlock along with her husband {{TRS|A Day In The Life}}.

==Family Tree==
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==Behind the Scenes==
Actress [[Nicki Clyne]] described her character at the start of the series as "very naïve and... very eager to please." She noted that Cally, as the youngest person on the deck, felt like she had "a lot to prove."<ref group="Book">{{Cite book|author=David Bassom|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|year=2005|publisher=Titan Books|isbn=1845760972|page=131}}</ref>

Clyne also commented on Cally's defining relationship with [[Galen Tyrol]]: "Cally has a huge crush on Chief Tyrol, and she's very loyal to him. She's also a little bit in awe of him, because he's her boss and he's a very commanding presence."<ref group="Book">{{Cite book|author=David Bassom|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|year=2005|publisher=Titan Books|isbn=1845760972|page=131}}</ref>

Regarding the attempted rape scene in {{TRS|Bastille Day|prose=y}}, Clyne found it to be a "very difficult scene to do," but felt it was "important to show that Cally is a survivor."<ref group="Book">{{Cite book|author=David Bassom|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|year=2005|publisher=Titan Books|isbn=1845760972|page=131}}</ref>

In a 2008 interview, co-executive producer [[Mark Verheiden]] addressed questions about Cally's absence from the Season 4 premiere "[[He That Believeth in Me]]," noting that she had been seen on the hangar deck at the end of Season 3 preparing Vipers for launch, and simply stating that "she's just busy."<ref group="commentary" name="ullrich_comicmix_verheiden_cally_absence_busy">{{cite_web|url=https://comicmix.com/2008/04/08/battlestar-galactica-interview-mark-verheiden-on-cylon-babies-and-season-four-secrets/#:~:text=We%20saw%20Cally%20on%20the%20hanger%20deck%20getting%20the%20Vipers%20ready%20to%20launch%20back%20at%20the%20end%20of%20Season%20Three%E2%80%A6%20she%27s%20just%20busy|title=Battlestar Galactica Interview: Mark Verheiden on Cylon Babies and Season Four Secrets|author=Chris Ullrich|publisher=ComicMix|date=8 April 2008|accessdate=16 February 2026}}</ref>

{{spoiltext|Cally gets airlocked by [[Tory Foster]] ([[The Ties That Bind]]).}}

==Notes==

* Cally's full name was not revealed during the first two seasons of the series (despite appearing since the opening minutes of the [[Miniseries]]). During this time, it was unclear if "Cally" was her given name or surname. 
** In [[The Farm]], Chief Tyrol referred to her as "Specialist Cally," leading many to assume it was a surname. 
** Actress [[Nicki Clyne]] stated she always considered it her character's given name. 
** Her full name "Cally Henderson" was used on Season 3 props (such as her locker), though it was not visible on screen. 
** Following her marriage to [[Galen Tyrol]], she took his surname. Her full birth name, '''Callandra''', was finally revealed during her funeral service in [[Escape Velocity]].

* The [[Miniseries]] novelization (a [[Battlestar Wiki:Separate continuity|separate continuity]] source) identifies her as "Jane Cally." This was created without input from the writing team. The novel ''[[Sagittarius Is Bleeding]]'' gives her name as "Callista Henderson."

* Henderson's military service was intended to end at the same time ''Galactica'' was scheduled for decommissioning.
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| text = She was about to be honorably discharged and return to civilian life when the Cylons attacked, ending those plans.
| sign = [[Ronald D. Moore]]
| source = <ref name="rdm_blog">{{cite web | url = http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/02/index.html | title = RDM Blog | author = Ronald D. Moore | publisher = Syfy | accessdate = 2025-12-28 }}</ref>
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* In the DVD commentary for {{TRS|Bastille Day|prose=y}}, executive producers [[David Eick]] and [[Ronald D. Moore]] discussed the evolution of the character:

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'''David Eick:''' Nicki Clyne... was somebody who in the Miniseries, I remember Michael (Rymer) and I cast just on the basis of her look, 'cause we thought she was really cute, she kind of reminded us of a young [[w:Shelley Duvall|Shelley Duvall]]. [...] she turned out to be so good that we— in launching the series we started talking about ways to involve her...

'''Ronald D. Moore:''' Well she almost died! '''She was gonna die in the initial drafts of this'''.

'''Eick:''' That's right! He kills her! He rapes and kills her! And they're telling us we're too dark ''this'' year.

'''Moore:''' Oh, I know. The second season is so much darker. And I don't think they even care. Yeah, Cally, Nicki, I hate to tell ya, but the bullseye was on Nicki here. And I can't even tell you why we decided it was, no I take that back I think it was your note; you said you wanted Cally to fight back and really show some balls in this scene. She bit his ear off...

'''Eick:''' I said, "She bites his frakking ear off" and I was totally being... you know, just ''illustrative''! I didn't really mean it!

'''Moore:''' And I wrote, "she bites his ear off"!

'''Eick:''' And I got the draft, and she bites his ear off! I was like "that's great!"

'''Moore:''' '''And from that moment on, I think, she really became part of the show'''. In a real sense, once she had gone through that and survived... you kind of felt like she is one of the family.

'''Eick:''' Yeah, and she's taken on, in season 2 actually, a much, much, ''much'' more prominent role. You have no idea how prominent a role.

'''Moore:''' Which is really illustrative of the rise and fall of characters. I mean [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]] we thought going in was just going to be part of the show... and Cally who's just this 'other mechanic' at the beginning... becomes a key element and part of the fabric of the show itself.
| source = <ref name="bastille_day_commentary">DVD commentary for {{TRS|Bastille Day|prose=y}}</ref>
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* Moore revealed the origin of the names for deckhands Cally, [[Socinus]], and [[Prosna]]:
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| text = They were all names I pulled out of an 'ancient names internet site'. I literally, I found something on the internet that would give me like 'ancient names', I went through it and found ''those'' names. It was like ancient Greek and Roman... somethings. They might be, for all I know they're names for utensils, or something like that...
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** "Calli" (καλή) is an ancient Greek word meaning "beautiful."

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{{Character Data
|photo= Mini-Cally.jpg
|series=TRS
|birthname= Callandra Henderson
|nickname = Cally
|seen= Miniseries
|lastseen=The Ties That Bind
|death= Released out of an airlock by [[Tory Foster]] {{TRS|The Ties That Bind}}
|children= 1; [[Nicholas Tyrol]] (biological father: [[Brendan Costanza]])
|marital status=Married to [[Galen Tyrol]]
|role=Deckhand, Deck Crew 5, [[Galactica type battlestar|Battlestar]] ''{{RDM|Galactica}}''
|rank=Petty Officer 2nd Class
|actor=[[Nicki Clyne]]
|serial=557067, 205873<ref>This number comes from the serial number on the dogtags auctioned by NBC at the end of filming the series. These tags also read "S. Luman ser. 205873." Clyne herself has mentioned the first few season dogtags were wrong.</ref>
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|familytree=y}}

==Death==

Tyrol's relationship with her husband deteriorates as he becomes consumed with his discovery of his true nature as a member of the [[Final Five]]. Tyrol, unaware of Galen's discovery, grows angry at his constant absences, often due to secretive meetings with fellow Cylons [[Tory Foster|Foster]], [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], and [[Samuel Anders|Anders]]. Moreover, Tyrol develops a sleeping disorder and becomes reliant on medication. Awakening one night to find him out of bed and out of their quarters, she finds him in [[Joe's bar]] with Foster and witnesses Foster making a pass at him. Tyrol confronts him in a rage, assuming that he is having an affair.

Later, she finds a note in their cabin with instructions for a time and place for a meeting. Thinking that it is a note from Foster, she goes to the place of the rendezvous, only to discover her husband, Tigh, and Foster going into a [[weapons locker]] together and closing the hatch. She opens a panel in the corridor and squeezes into a crawlspace where she can hear what her husband and the others are saying.

To her horror, Tyrol discovers the truth of her husband's nature. She accidentally creates a noise that the others in the locker hear. In her flight from the crawlspace, Tyrol leaves the wall panel ajar, which Foster discovers. When Galen returns to their cabin, Tyrol attacks him, knocking him unconscious with a heavy wrench and taking [[Nicholas Tyrol|Nicky]] to the [[hangar deck]], intending to commit murder-suicide by expelling him and herself out a Viper [[launch tube (RDM)|launch tube]]. Before she can do so, Foster appears, convinces her to stop, and then offers to carry Nicky.

As soon as Tyrol turns her son over, however, Foster strikes Tyrol with superhuman force into the launch tube, stunning her. Foster enters the control room, closes the airlock doors and expels Tyrol into space. The scene ends with a final shot of Tyrol's frozen, lifeless face adrift in space {{TRS|The Ties That Bind}}. Galen Tyrol, at that point, is unaware of Foster's role in his wife's death and believes Cally committed suicide because of her mistaken belief that he and Foster were having an affair {{TRS|Escape Velocity}}. Viewers discover, coincidentally, that in their past lives on [[Earth (RDM)|the Cylon Earth]] Galen and Tory Foster in fact ''were'' lovers, as noted by [[Samuel Anders]] in a series of epiphanies about the Five's past and their objectives {{TRS|No Exit}}.

===Nicholas's Paternity===

Later, it is revealed that Nicholas is not actually Galen Tyrol's biological son. The child's true father is [[Brendan Costanza]], with whom Cally had an intimate relationship prior to her marriage to Tyrol. Cally had led Galen to believe he was the father {{TRS|A Disquiet Follows My Soul}}.

===Vengeance===

During the [[Battle of the Colony]], Galen briefly links memories with the other Final Five members as part of a deal to restore to [[Cavil]] and his faction the lost secrets of [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]]. In the link, Galen is able to share memories from others in the Five—particularly Foster's murder of Tyrol. Before the link, Foster was clearly nervous as she knew what they'd see. Enraged, Galen breaks the link and breaks Foster's neck, killing her permanently with no resurrection, avenging Cally's murder.

Ellen and Saul Tigh comprehend the rationale behind Tyrol's actions to avenge Cally Tyrol's murder {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}.

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